The Lucasville Uprising was a rebellion against oppressive and racist policies at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) in Lucasville, OH. Nine inmates and one guard died during the uprising in April of 1993. Today, many people are serving time or condemned to death by the state of Ohio in relation to the uprising. We demand amnesty for all of these inmates. The conditions at SOCF were (and still are) intolerable and unconscionable.

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Conversations from Death Row: Keith LaMar Talks with Paul Gordiejew

On Tuesday
September 13th, at 5:30 p.m., folks across the country are invited to
listen in on an interactive phone call with Ohio death row inmate Keith
LaMar and the "Race and Place in Youngstown" graduate-level students of
cultural anthropologist Paul Gordiejew at Youngstown State University.
Their talk will focus on how segregated communities are created and
maintained by intensional economic and legal decisions, and how
isolation from resources and opportunities intensifies the suffering for
those most impacted (poor people of color).

About Dr. Paul Gordiejew:

Paul Gordiejew is a cultural anthropology professor at Youngstown State
University. His current research focuses on race, place, and religion
in the greater Youngstown area, where he aims to collect the
voices/stories of those who have been silenced or marginalized precisely
because of their place, age, and/or race, etc. He previously studied
displaced Jews in the former Yugoslavia.

For the past three
years, Dr. G has invited Keith LaMar to speak to his anthropology
students (via telephone) to discuss a variety of topics, such as mass
incarceration, torture and mental illness, writing, socioeconomics, his
autobiography, etc. ___________________________________ About Keith LaMar:

Keith LaMar is a death row prisoner in Ohio. He has been in prison for
27 years now. In 2013, Keith published his own story, Condemned: the
whole story (https://www.amazon.com/Condemned-whole-story-Keith-LaMar/dp/1483961710),
wherein he aims to explain how he not only ended up in prison, but
ultimately would be placed onto Ohio’s death row. More importantly,
Condemned talks about how Keith found his way back to himself even from
the darkness of solitary confinement with the love of friends and
family.

The Ohio prison system has systematically made Keith’s
life unbearable, holding him indefinitely in a sensory deprivation cell
for some 23 years now, in spite of having no justification to do so. He
was unable to touch his family for 18 years, until he eventually gained
the right to (semi) contact visits after embarking on a hunger strike
in 2011. Keith recently lost his federal appeal and was denied the right
to be heard by the US Supreme Court. He awaits the assignment of his
execution date.

The Campaign for Justice for Keith LaMar
continues to fight side by side with Keith and asks others to join us.
Keith will be calling in from the Super­max penitentiary in Youngstown,
Ohio. All are welcome to join the call, listen in, ask questions, and
show their solidarity.